Armorial of the Royal Agricultural College on front cover. Presentation copy from the Principal of the Royal Agricultural College to CH Biddell as a prize for Buttermaking Class III 1886. Octavo 333 pp 2 mounted photographs, 2 line drawings in text. Chapters include : Granite and Granitiod Rocks, Granite of Scotland, Granite of England and Wales, Granite of America, Granites of Ireland, Continental Granites, Syenite, Porphyritic Rocks, Greenstone Rocks, Augitic Rocks, Serpentinous Rocks, Marble, Alabaster, The Rarer Ornamental Stones, Malachite, Calcareous Group of Building Stones, Sandstone Group of Building Stones, Volcanic Building Stones, and Slates.